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After-School Mentors Matter at Citizen Schools

Through the Citizen Schools program, professionals team up with public middle schools to create an enhanced learning community after the school day ends. More to this story.

Through the Citizen Schools program, professionals team up with public middle schools to create an enhanced learning community after the school day ends. More to this story.
Download | Credits | Release Date: 1/19/2009

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Produced, Written, and Directed by

  • Amy Erin Borovoy

Editor

  • Karen Sutherland

Production Assistant

  • Neil Tan

Camera Crew

  • Brian Cardello
  • Caven Keith
  • Shari Wargo

Narrator

  • Michael Pritchard

Original Music

  • Ed Bogas

Additional Footage Courtesy of

  • Citizen Schools

Executive Producer

  • Ken Ellis
  • © 2008
  • The George Lucas Educational Foundation
  • All rights reserved.

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Expanding Business involvement

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This video shows what is possible if a creative group of people can find the funding and business support to organize and deliver this type of activity to youth in non-school settings.

I would like to expand the thinking of places where such programs and volunteers could connect with kids to include non-school, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs operating in community centers, non profit organizations, faith based organizations, etc. of Chicago and other cities. For this to happen the programs need leaders who look at these ideas and want to incorporate them in their programs, and they need donors and business partners to provide the volunteers and financial support.

What can I say. This is

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What can I say. This is simply wonderful, when children have something to do after school, exploring the world and making new discoveries every day.